Best places and sailing routes for your sailing trip near Biograd City. Sailing season details, trade winds and everything you need for perfect sailing holidays.
Biograd or Biograd na Moru is a popular yacht holiday destination, a small town, and a Croatian yachting base located on a peninsula in the Pasman Bay, near the city of Zadar.
The city is located right in the center of the Adriatic coast and is an excellent starting point for sailing in Dalmatia and around the Kornati archipelago. Other water activities such as diving, sport fishing, boat races, and water skiing are also popular here.
Biograd na Moru is a coastal city in Central Dalmatia. It used to be the capital of the Croatian kings, and now it is the capital of yachting. Of course, the title is contested by many cities. On behalf of Biograd a series of bays, where it is convenient to anchor, and an elaborate system of piers with the yacht rentals testify.
The nearest international airport is in Zadar. It is a 15-minute drive to the coast. In the Biograd marina, yachts with a skipper and bareboat are for rent.
There are several navigation schools. More than 50 regattas are held during the year. For example, sports cruising one, Karnevalska regata, and others.
Here is an example of a 7-day itinerary from Biograd:
Most routes of the Biograd yacht cruises lie along the coast of Central Dalmatia with the visits to the islands:
Questions about a route, the prices, and yacht trips in Biograd in general, you could put to our consultants. We will contact you after receiving the application for the yacht rentals from the Sailica website or mobile app.
Biograd has the optimum temperature for yachting all year round. From May to September, in high season, it usually ranges from + 20 °C to + 25 °C, which is enough to spend a day in shorts and a T-shirt and get a light and beautiful tan. Even in winter, the weather is mild enough for a pleasant sailing trip.
The prevailing winds during the summer are mistral winds that blow from the sea and are partly fueled by the sun's heat. Weak winds blow from the shore at night.
There are not many underwater currents on the Adriatic, so the water is warm all year round. Even in winter, the water temperature in Biograd does not drop below + 15 °C.
Upon arrival at the marina, you are usually given the forecast for the next day. Port services regularly receive forecasts, this is the most reliable source of information. You can also find out the forecast and storm warnings through communication channels. They sound in Croatian and English, and during the season also in Italian on channel 73 at 05.45, 12.45, and 19.45.
You can also use the following services to get information about weather conditions:
accuweather.com — accurate weather data, satellite imagery, cloud cover;
weather — a site with accurate synoptic data;
windfinder is a service for tradewinds in Biograd, viewing water and air temperatures.